After migrant families sleep outside Quincy T station, city council asks state to prioritize citizens - Boston News, Weather, Sports

After migrant families sleep outside Quincy T station, city council asks state to prioritize citizens - Boston News, Weather, Sports

During a meeting Monday night the Quincy City Council passed a resolution calling on state leaders to amend the state’s right-to-shelter law. That law requires the state to provide emergency shelter to families and pregnant women regardless of their residency or citizenship status. Monday’s vote asks state leaders to prioritize people who have lived in Massachusetts for at least six months and are U.S. citizens or permanent residents in state …